Counter stool back



July 16, 1940. E. 1 cEDERQUlsT COUNTER STOOL BACK Filed March 5. 195sgrill.

Era 2 Patented July 16, 1940 UNITED STATE s PATENT Y, oFEic v 2,207,970

l COUNTER STOOL BACK EmanuelLars Cederquist, Los Angeles, Calif.

Application March 5, 1938, Serial No. 194,090

1 Claim.

'I'his invention `relates to improvements in counter stools such as are installed before soda fountains, cocktail bars, and the like, and particularly to the construction of the back of the stool and its attachment to the seat of the stool.

The seats for stools of this character are generally mounted fo-r rotation on` suitable posts or pedestals, which posts or pedestals are attached by screws or the likefto the oor. The

seats in turn are generally supported on tripods and are attachedthereto by suitable screws. It.

has generally been experienced that Where the stool is equipped with a back rigidly attached to the back of the seat that customers leaning on the back bring about a loosening of the stool. This loosening may take place at the bottom of the pedestal, that is the screws which rattach the vpedestal to the floor may be loosened or stripped back: it may yield slightly and thus prevent loosening of the seat from the tripod or loosening of the pedestal from the floor.

Another object of the invention is to provide a means for attaching the back of a counter stool to its seat which is very simple and durable and which will maintain the back in tight engagement with the back of the seat o-f the stool.

With the foregoing and other objects in view,

40 which will be made manifest inthe lfollowing detailed description and specifically pointed out in the appended claim, reference is had to the accompanying drawing for an illustrative embodiment of the invention, wherein:

5 Figure 1 is a view in vertical section through the improved counter stool embodying my invention;

Fig, 2 is a rear view in elevation of the same;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken through the frame of the seat of the stool illustrating the invention as applied to a seat having a curved back; and

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Figure 3, illustrating the invention as applied to a seat having a 55 straight back.

the back or seating themselves heavily against Referring to the accompanying drawing wherein similar reference characters designate similar parts throughout, the counter stool is i1- lustrated as being supported upon a postor pedestal I0 which is anchored to the floor such as by screws Il. On top of the post or pedestal there is disposed a tripod I2 having a post I3 extending into the top of the pedestal and en- I abling the tripod to rotate with respect thereto. The seat of the stool is supportedl on a suitable frame having side rails I4 and I5, a front rail I9, and a back rail I1. If the stool has a curved or rounded back the rear face of the back rail Il is given a rounded convex shape in conformity therewith. f

The bottom of the seat indicated at I8, is supported on this frame and may or may not be upholstered as indicated at I9. The tripod I2 is attached to the seat bottom such as by screws 20.

'The back for the stool may be of any preferred construction and is illustrated as comprising a back member 2| which may or may not be up holstered as indicated at 22. To yieldably mount lthe back on the back of the seat and yet retain it in rm engagement therewith, forwardly-tapering holes are bored in the rear rail I1 for the reception of the attaching bolts 23 which extend through the bottom of the back member and through the back rail. The heads of these bolts which may be positioned against the rear side of the back may be covered with the upholstery covering. Against the inner or forward face of the rail I1 there are positioned rubber washers 24 and against these rubber washers are placed small metal plates or washers 25. Nuts 26 are threaded onto the bolts against lock washers 21. l

By this construction the back for the stool is firmly held against the back of the seat. lAt the same time however, due to the fact that the rubber washers 24 are formed of live rubber and consequently, are slightly compressible when severe stresses are placed on the back, the rubber washers give slightly under compression and thus the back may yield slightly. This relieves the stress-es to some extent on screws Il and and at all events, due to the fact that the back is not rigidly connected to the seat, I have found from experience that loosening of screws II and 20 is completely eliminated.

When the seat of the stool has a rounded'back as shown on Fig. 3, the bolts are preferably arranged on converging axes. The clearance afforded by the tapered holes in back rail I1 accommodates the necessary movement .of these a frame including a back rail, means" providing n a back for the stool, means yieldably connecting the back against the back of the seat of the stool comprising bolts extending through the lback and through the back rail of the frame of the seat, rubber Washers on the bolts disposed adjacent the seat frame, metal Washers thereover and nuts tightening the metal Washers against the rubber l Washers, the holes in the back rail of the seat frame through which the boltsfrevxtend being 'for-v 10 Wardly tapered. v

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